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Christmas with Father Christmas

Father Christmas far predates the modern Santa Claus, but how was he associated with the season, and did Jane Austen know him?

The 17th Century Origins of the Candy Cane

With origins in 17th C. Germany, it's possible that the tradition had carried over to England by Austen's era.

Simplifying Regency Style

an excerpt from Period Design and Furnishing

James Lind: Medical Pioneer

a Scottish physician known for conducting the first ever clinical trial

A Darcy Christmas

A Holiday Tribute to Jane Austen

Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter

The inspiration for Tennyson's Lord Burleigh

Jane Austen's 'Forgotten' Characters by Priyanka Chavda

Priyanka Chavda explores Jane Austen's characters in development.

Jane Austen’s Fame and Fortune, Now and Then

Caroline Kerr Taylor explores Jane Austen's financial and critical success

Sally Lunn Buns or Solilemmes

One of the most traditional of Bath foods

Banbury cakes

Make delicious "cakes" from this 1615 recipe...

Bethlem Royal Hospital in Jane Austen's Day: Bedlam's Beginnings

...perhaps the most famous mental institution in the world

J. M. W. Turner: Painter of Light

English Romanticist landscape painter and subject of the award nominated film, Mr. Turner